[Haskell-cafe] HaXml installation trouble

[Matthew Fairtlough]

Thanks, I didn't know about the issue with haskell98-1.1 and that's 
sorted it out.

Matthew.

On 03/01/2011 09:33, Erik Hesselink wrote:
> This happens because haskel98-1.1.0.0 can't be built with GHC 6.12,
> but lacks the proper version constraints to enforce this. If you add
> '--constraint=haskell98==1.0.*' to your 'cabal install' command, it
> will probably work.
>
> Erik
>
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 01:08, Matthew Fairtlough
> <research at fairtlough.net>  wrote:
>> Still very new here.  I'm trying to install HaXml and I've updated cabal.  I
>> see that a similar issue was posted recently as a bug
>> http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/4513 but one that's supposedly
>> fixed; do I need to wait for something or can this be fixed some other way?
>>   I think I've posted all necessary version numbers below:
>>
>> ~ $ sudo cabal install HaXml-1.20.2 --global
>> Resolving dependencies...
>> Downloading haskell98-1.1.0.0...
>> Configuring haskell98-1.1.0.0...
>> Preprocessing library haskell98-1.1.0.0...
>> ...info deleted...
>> [24 of 30] Compiling Directory        ( Directory.hs, dist/build/Directory.o
>> )
>>
>> Directory.hs:34:38: Not in scope: `setOwnerReadable'
>>
>> Directory.hs:35:38: Not in scope: `setOwnerWritable'
>>
>> Directory.hs:36:38: Not in scope: `setOwnerExecutable'
>>
>> Directory.hs:37:38: Not in scope: `setOwnerSearchable'
>>
>> Directory.hs:38:57: Not in scope: `emptyPermissions'
>> cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
>> HaXml-1.20.2 depends on haskell98-1.1.0.0 which failed to install.
>> haskell98-1.1.0.0 failed during the building phase. The exception was:
>> ExitFailure 1
>> polyparse-1.4 depends on haskell98-1.1.0.0 which failed to install.
>>
>> ~ $ cabal --version
>> cabal-install version 0.8.2
>> using version 1.8.0.6 of the Cabal library
>>
>> ~ $ ghc --version
>> The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.12.3
>>
>> ~ $ sw_vers
>> ProductName:    Mac OS X
>> ProductVersion:    10.6.5
>> BuildVersion:    10H574
>>
>>
>>
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